The blessing of the splendid farm family is married to the world

Chapter 210 Stealing Sweet Potatoes

After nightfall, every household in Huoliang City turned on their lights, the outer city was not so obvious, but in the inner city, the lights of each house shone a sky-high light.

In the inner city, basically every household has guards, so it is especially quiet at night.

He followed the donkey cart that came to the inner city, and stopped outside for a while. When the night was darker, he picked up the small streets and alleys and walked inside. After turning around, he finally stopped at the back door of Su Mansion.

The driver in front had two mustaches on his lips, but he spoke in a soft female voice, "You really want to do this?"

The curtain of the car was lifted by a big hand, revealing a rather handsome man's face, he said: "We have no food to eat, if you can catch the handle of the Su family, you will be the one who eats and drinks hot food."

The driver responded muffledly, and then drove the car to a small corner gate in Su Mansion.

"How?" she asked back.

The man happened to know the man he saw in the outer city before, and said in a low voice, "Just say, I coaxed Madam back, and I have a few words to say to Miss Su Six."

Then, he took out the last bit of silver in his cuff and handed it to those two bearded beards.

Two Husbands were reluctant to give away the money, the man said: "I hate that the child can't be tied to a wolf."

"Are you sure you can fool her?" Er Hu asked.

"I've heard that Master Zong speak." The man touched his Adam's apple, and his tone changed a bit, "Go now."

Listening to Liang Hu, it was true that his voice was calmer than his own, but it still carried more of his own timbre, which she could hear.

"Don't be timid," the man urged, "Go."

Bang Bang Bang!
In the silent summer night, there was a knock on a small corner door of Su Mansion.

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A gust of night wind blew, An Xu pointed to the dark place ahead, and said to Zong Che: "Is there a figure just now?"

On this midsummer night, although it was dark outside the city and there was no light, it was not blind.

The front is almost at the barracks, and there is a large piece of sweet potato planted by Zhun'er and Zhun'er, about three or four acres, which can be harvested in two days.

Could it be that there are thieves?

Zong Che said in a low voice, "Leave the horses later, I'll go over and have a look."

An Xu nodded and reminded: "Be careful."

Zong Che smiled, and the horse walked in a straight line in the same direction as before. When he reached the side of the sweet potato field, he jumped off the horse abruptly, jumped into the sweet potato field in twos, and then grabbed a man by the collar and pulled him out.

An Xu got off his horse and took advantage of the moonlight to see that he was still an adult, about 30 years old, wearing silk silk, and came to steal sweet potatoes.

Because there is a sweet potato field planted by the warlord's wife here, the soldiers in the barracks occasionally come here to inspect it, so the movement here quickly alarmed the soldiers in the barracks.

Hearing the sound of orderly footsteps, the man showed fear and begged, "You two, help me. I just passed by here and I was hungry. I heard that this kind of food is edible, so I wanted to eat two to satisfy my hunger."

Zong Che had already let go and came to An Xu's side, not worried that the man would escape.

And this man was rather cowardly. Seeing that the two young people didn't speak, he knelt down and begged for each other.

An Xu and Zong Che didn't say a word yet, the man was already scared to death.

In fact, what he was more afraid of were the sergeants who were about to arrive.

"Help, don't say you saw me."

Before the man begged for mercy, Zong Che had already said to a group of sergeants who were approaching: "Take this scoundrel down and have a proper interrogation."

The people who came over didn't expect that there was an overseer here, so they hurriedly dismounted from their horses before reaching them, knelt down and said, "I've seen the overseer, I've seen my wife."

Zong Che hummed, then helped An Xu's hand to get on the horse and leave.

The person who begged for mercy just now was completely stupid, and now he regretted it extremely, why did he turn around and steal this sweet potato.

Arriving at the bright tent, An Xu went to change clothes in the inner room. As soon as he changed into more comfortable homely clothes, Aunt Wu outside said: "Overseer, madam, Captain Chen please see me."

An Xu opened the curtain of the inner room and came out. As soon as Zong Che came back, he sat on the couch outside and picked up a few official documents that were just delivered today on the small table beside the couch.

Seeing that his brows were slightly frowned, An Xu walked out and said to Aunt Wu, "Let him in."

She turned around and lifted the boiling water from the small stove, and made a cup of Pu'er tea for Zong Che, and a cup of sweet and sour fruit tea for herself.

Chen Dai came in with a heavy cloth bag of freshly soiled sweet potatoes in his hand. He put the sweet potatoes aside first, knelt down to meet the ceremony, and then said: "My subordinates have already checked. The man's surname is Lu and his name is Qi." , is a small merchant in the city, he is not here to steal sweet potatoes, but, "

An Xu said: "Speak directly if you have something to say."

Chen Dai bowed his head and said, "Today, he came here to celebrate the birthday of a female worker in the woolen yarn factory. The reason why he stole the sweet potato was because he heard about it from the female worker."

The sweet potato seedlings that An Xu asked Lei Ze to take care of were scattered first by the herdsmen living outside the city, and not many people in the city knew about them.

An Xu frowned and asked, "He came looking for it, who is that female worker?"

Chen Dai said: "According to Lu Qi's confession, it is Lady Zhu Hong."

Niangzi is the honorific name people of Ming Dynasty gave to strange women. It seems that men are called Mr. in modern times.

"Zhu Hong?" An Xu asked suspiciously, "The one who divorced Ling Zhu?"

At this moment, Zong Che had put down his official documents and came over, Chen Dai replied more seriously: "It's her. Na Luqi's house and Mrs. Zhu Hong's house are neighbors on the same street."

It's just that one family lives in the center of a clean and tidy street, and one family lives at the end of a street that is messy and often full of sewage.

Later, Zhu Hong worked in a woolen yarn factory, and every time she went back, she could get back a lot of wages, and even had woolen yarn that was in short supply outside. some.

The Zhu family has gradually become famous in their street because of a daughter who works in a woolen factory.

It was during that time years ago that Lu Qi and Zhu Hong started to get closer.

Chen Dai reported in detail, "Lu Qi said that the matter between him and Zhu Hong has been agreed by both families, so it is not too impolite for him to say that he went to find Zhu Hong. As for the sweet potatoes dug out secretly, he also Willing to pay."

An Xu said: "Wait a minute, if I read correctly before, then the man is over thirty. Haven't married a wife yet?"

"This," Chen Dai didn't know how to answer, he felt that saying this would make his wife lose face.

Zong Che said: "It's nothing more than marrying Xu Xian, or taking a noble concubine."

It's just that such a female worker in the woolen factory will really make Xu'er look bad.

Chen Dai hurriedly said: "The governor is wise, but the Lu family wants to marry a common wife. According to Lu Qi, this marriage was arranged by his wife."

An Xu frowned, and Zong Che said, "Go down, and inform the woolen factory at dawn tomorrow."

Chen Dai should step down.

An Xu asked Zong Che: "Why did you notify the wool factory?"

Zong Che kissed her on the forehead, "This is not for you to see how the female worker behaves. If you are too confused about the situation, just get rid of the woolen factory. It's just to make an example."

An Xu: You are right.

"By the way, I saw that your face was not good-looking just now, what happened?"

Zong Che hummed, lay down on the back of the chair, and said, "Since April, there has been heavy rain in the south of the Yangtze River, and now it has become a disaster. The Ministry of Household Affairs has thought of a way to let the provinces that are not affected by the disaster lose money and food."

While speaking, he sat up straight again, stretched out his hand to bring An Xu to his lap and hugged him.

"How much will it cost us?"

Zong Che smiled and said, "One hundred thousand silver and one hundred thousand shi of grain. Although coarse grain is fine, there is not much land in the northern border that can produce grain."

The money is not much, the military camp has a coal mine, and Zongche shows the account to An Xu when he is too busy. They don't need to distribute it to the people, and they can come up with 10 taels.

But food, even if it is available, cannot be taken out.

An Xu said this to Zong Che, then looked at the dark night sky outside, and said: "Since the beginning of spring, the northern border has not even had a light rain. I asked the herdsmen outside, and they all said that although there was little rain in the past, there was no rain It’s not every game. The day before yesterday I went out to look at sweet potatoes, and I met Zen Master Jingfa, who was not optimistic about the rain in the north this year.”

Zong Che leaned on her shoulder and said, "In the barracks, there are also veterans who make such remonstrances. I will reply to the booklet and ask the imperial court if it is possible to convert the grain into silver."

"Well," An Xu rubbed his chin unconsciously, "Relax, maybe it will rain in a few days."

Zong Che was funny, but his heart was soft and soft.

The next day, An Xu woke up early, but Zong Che also got up half an hour earlier to go to the military camp for training.

After washing up, she took out the bag of sweet potatoes that was casually left outside the tent last night, and said to Aunt Wu who was watering a few potted flowers in the yard: "Aunt Wu, fetch me a basin of water."

The water came, and the sweet potatoes, which had been left overnight and the soil had become sandy, were poured into the water basin, and after floating up and down for a moment, they all sank to the bottom of the water.

An Xu took a loofah brush and scrubbed the dirt on the outside of the sweet potato clean
This sweet potato is actually purple-skinned, and it grows very well on the grassland. Each piece of sweet potato is uniform in size, and there are not many big or small ones. The skin is smooth, and there is no scar on the face.

Looking at these sweet potatoes, I feel in a good mood.

After watering the flowers, Mrs. Wu also went to the kitchen to get a loofah stick, and squatted on the other side of the basin to help.

"Ma'am, this sweet potato looks really good," she praised, but she had never seen this thing before, so she couldn't help but wonder after a while: "How do I eat this?"

An Xu smiled and said, "Then you will help me later, and you will know what to do."

Aunt Wu also smiled: "Madam, even if you don't tell me, we have to help."

The fresh sweet potatoes have been scrubbed clean, and there is no need to peel them. An Xu took out the steamer, took half of it and put it on the steamer, and poured the other half on the chopping board.

After they are all cut into finger-thick strips, they are then held in another porcelain basin of clean water to soak out the starch.

Aunt Wu got Madam's permission to light the fire and do some chores, but at the same time, she also looked at how to do this thing openly.

After seeing the madam busy, she took out the jar of rapeseed oil and poured half a pot of oil into the pot with a thud, Aunt Wu took a breath and said with a smile: "Madam, I don't want to learn anymore, I can do it after I learn it." Sorry."

At present, there is no clever way to squeeze vegetable oil. Soybeans can produce oil. People at this time don't know that what people can see every day is rapeseed oil.

Going to the store to buy, no one would be willing to buy it in cans.

An Xu laughed and said, "It doesn't have to be so much oil, lard is fine too, just moisten the pan and fry it."

On the stove next to it, steam was rushing upwards. An Xu put the oil tank away, then went to lift the lid, and poked the steamer with chopsticks. The sweet potatoes were overripe.

Take it out, pour it into a large basin and smash it into mud, let it cool down later, add yeast powder and flour.

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Zong Che led two thousand soldiers and ran back and forth for twenty miles outside. When he returned home, the sweet smell of deep-fried oil made his stomach pound like a drum.

I went to the kitchen door and saw that the three of An Chong had already returned, and none of them were too hot, and they were all standing there eating golden balls with chopsticks.

As for Xu'er, I just scooped up a spoonful of golden-yellow and pinkish long strips.

"What is this?" Zong Che walked in.

"Sweet potato fries," An Xu picked up the one on the side that wasn't so hot, and brought it to his mouth.

Zong Che opened his mouth to eat, it was sweet and tender, "It's delicious."

His eyes are curled up with a smile, which is very heart-warming.

An Xu said, "Go back to the main tent and eat, it's too hot here."

The whole family hadn't sat down around the dining table when Mrs. Wu came in and said, "Ma'am, the head of Mr. Dai's house brought a plate of fried vegetables."

Stir-fried vegetables are very simple stir-fried bean sprouts, An Xu said: "Bring it in."

Then I picked up a plate of fried sweet potato balls and sweet potato fries for Aunt Wu, "Tell Master Dai that you can eat the sweet potatoes made by yourself, and invite him to taste."

Aunt Wu went out with the big plate.

Yan Zhun stuffed a sweet potato ball into his mouth and said, "Sister-in-law, is that Mr. Dai a dog nose? Every time our family cooks delicious food, he will ask his servants to come and ask for it."

An Xu laughed: "They also gave food in exchange."

Yan Zhun is not stupid, "The food made by their family is worse than ours."

Yan Dial also said: "Sister-in-law, that Mr. Dai is greedy and unwilling to train all day, and now he has gained a lot of weight."

Thinking of the appearance of Dai Ji he saw the day before yesterday, An Xu couldn't help laughing and said, "Don't say this outside."

Having said that, would Dai Ji feel that he deliberately made so many delicious food to feed him?
When she spoke to herself, she heard Zong Che's funny voice: "So a veteran in the battlefield, doesn't even have the self-control to resist delicious food? I'm afraid he will be eaten by himself."

An Xu was surprised: "Have you restricted his freedom to lead troops? Why?"

Zong Che said with a smile: "Besides me, the Dai family brothers are also subject to Emperor Shuntai in the capital."

On the premise that Zong Che cannot be restrained, it is the best choice for him to pretend to be incompetent.

An Xu shook his head, feeling very tired when it was involved.

(End of this chapter)